Financial Aid for college can be so confusing....and stressful! Many tax documents have to be gathered, documents filled out, deadlines to be met, etc. And what's worse is that this has to be done every year. No wonder so many parents hate doing it! So how exactly is Financial Aid calculated and how do you apply for it? These and many more questions are answered in the following article by US News and World Report: https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/paying-for-co

Announcement: The US Department of Education has announced that the Federal shutdown is not having a full impact on Federal Student Aid. FAFSAs are currently being processed, as well as Federal student loan payments. To check out their latest announcements, view https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/announcements. https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/about/announcements/shutdown #fafsa #financialaid

They can still opt out of this binding contract but Early Decision (ED) is not for everyone especially students who need financial aid. But some apply ED anyway to increase their chances of acceptance without them knowing that this comes at a price: less or zero financial aid. Recommendation? If a students needs financial aid, they should not apply ED but instead apply Early Action, Regular Decision, or Rolling Admissions. This is FINANCIAL AID 101. Read up on this article

The first step in obtaining financial aid is filling out the CSS/Financial Aid Profile. This document is necessary to be filled out and submitted to determine institutional financial aid in over 400 institutions in the US. Please check out this link from BigFuture which helps explain how to go about filling out this very important document. https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/financial-aid-101/how-to-complete-the-css-financial-aid-profile #financialaid #csspro

Awww....what can I say. On the one hand, you got accepted! Congratulations! But, on the other hand, they gave you very little financial aid when you, in fact, need a lot more! Bummer! What to do? Check out this article which explains 10 reasons a family could have to appeal a financial aid offer from a school: http://blog.getintocollege.com/10-reasons-for-a-financial-aid-appeal/ #financialaid #collegeacceptances

There are two big changes for the FAFSA for 2017-2018: 1) you can submit it as early as October 2016 and 2) you use 2015 tax information. Check out this table which visually explains these two changes in the FAFSA process: #fafsa #financialaid

IvyWay congratulates all QuestBridge Scholars for the Class of 2021 and, in particular, Amanda Paredes, Senior high school student from St. John's School. Amanda has been accepted Early Decision to the University of Pennsylvania with a full ride scholarship (free tuition, room & board, and additional expenses) from QuestBridge. Congratulations Amanda! #financialaid #QuestBridge

To obtain top institutional financial aid, the first step is filling out the CSS/FInancial Aid Profile. But how do you complete this very important financial aid document? Check out this link from Big Future which helps explain the CSS Profile filling process. https://bigfuture.collegeboard.org/pay-for-college/financial-aid-101/how-to-complete-the-css-financial-aid-profile #cssprofile #financialaid

The benefits of applying Early Decision is that your chances of getting accepted increase immensely and you are basically done and over with the college admissions process in December. However, not all students are capable of applying ED. If you are a student who knows exactly the college they want to attend (ED is binding), who has taken all of their entrance exams by November 1, who does not need their first semester Senior grades to apply and who does not need financial ai

So, you’ve filed your FAFSA and now you’re wondering how this data is used to come up with the financial aid for which you’re eligible for. Here are FAQs to how federal student aid is determined: https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/fafsa/next-steps/how-calculated?utm_content=sf42888957&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=spredfast&utm_campaign=Federal&sf42888957=1#what-is-non-need-based-aid #financialaid #fafsa